Dude, you get it! You hit the nail on the head with almost all the intent behind the story.
- Really nice observation about George. He’s meant to be inattentive and focused on his own world, but not a terrible person, so it’s great to hear that balance came through. As for the little American Psycho reference, it was partly a joke, but also because I felt it was an easy way to show that George is a bit too focused on his job, paying more attention to his colleagues’ business cards than to the lack of attention that Laura is receiving. I think this also enhances the cheating aspect as it means Laura will feel a lot more guilty and reluctant to do it all so quick and instead needs to be caught at certain points to be convinced into doing these things.
- I’m also glad Laura’s loneliness came through. I wanted players to get to see that she is just a woman who really needs someone to talk to, which is why she is so eager to mention all sorts of little things when you go out with her on the second day.
- Yeah, your deduction of the old classmates is pretty accurate. Not all of them fully understand why the MC is so distant, since they’ve never had to face the negative effects of their own actions. As a result, a person like Anna seems to push the blame onto the MC himself, because she can’t see that he is like this because of her own actions. In future chapters, some characters will eventually have to confront what they did.
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